Falling victim to fraudsters: how do you stop it and what do you do if victimised?

Chair: Dr Janice Goldstraw-White Panellists:Bernadette Lawrie – Financial Abuse Safeguarding Officer. Operation Signature, Sussex and Surrey Specialist Crime CommandLisa Mills – Senior Fraud Manager, Victim Support West Sussex Key Points Bernadette Lawrie opens by firstly detailing the work she has been involved in working for Sussex and Surrey police force with Operation Signature. She explained that… Read the full article.

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Food Protection: the ultimate security challenge?

Around the world ‘Food and Agriculture’ is often designated a Critical Infrastructure Sector. It is diverse – e.g. crops, livestock, poultry, seafood – and the threats are as diverse as climate change, international conflicts and theft and fraud including by organised criminals. Clearly this is an area where security professionals have had to step up,… Read the full article.

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Security Excellence: what can cyber professionals learn from physical security experts and vice versa?

It has long been argued that the knowledge domains of cyber and physical security professionals differ markedly, in some cases complicating converged activities. At the same time there has been a great coming together, not always harmoniously. So where are we now? In terms of outstanding performance what can each group of professionals learn from… Read the full article.

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The opportunities and limits of Body Worn Cameras?

Body worn cameras have been widely heralded by the security sector for generating a range of benefits, not least the fact they provide evidence to support interactions preventing – or at least reducing the chances – of frivolous claims of malpractice. They have also been welcomed for giving the security personnel who use them confidence… Read the full article.

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